Tennis: Building points through deep cross court shots

In this Drill the players start in the tram line. With the coach feeding the first ball from the basket the first player hits a controlled forehand back to the player at the net who in turn plays the ball in to the open court for the player to run onto the ball and hit a winner down the line. Player then runs around the cone and returns back to the queue.

Coach feeds balls to the player and moves to one side on the court. Player prepares the shot and hits the drop shot in the opposite direction to the coach's position.

Player receives an easy ball to the ad side. Player hits a deep backhand slice down the line and comes into the net. Coach feeds another ball to the deuce side. Player finishes with a forehand volley cross-court.

Coach feeds the ball to the ad side. Player steps inside the baseline and hits backhand down the line. Coach feeds another ball to the ad side. Player runs around the ball and hits forehand drop shot inside in.

Players rally together from the service line. One player uses only topspin shots in a cross-court direction. The other player uses only slice shots in a down the line direction.

Player stands inside the service box. Coach stands on the service line. Player rallies with coach down the line. Coach hits all the balls using regular strokes. Player hits using only the backhand half-volleys.

-Place markers in each corner. -Players aim for either of the two outside markers attempting to make the opponent move. -Players must recover quickly after each shot.

Purpose: To learn that errors are costly in singles. To develop error free point building   Players feed 2 points alternately. Only points lost by an error count on the score. Play up to 7 points. Winners don't score!    

Players are working in the full court and take it in turns to feed the ball in out of their hand. They are playing the point out as normal but with the stipulation that they are not allowed to hit a winner to win the point! Players must make their best effort to reach balls, it is up to the coach to decide whether they have done this and whether the ball hit was an outright winner - in which case it will not be counted! Players can play first to 11 points, this can and should take a quite a long time!

Players rally up and down the middle of the court while standing on the service line using their non-dominant hand, looking for as much control as they can get.

Player stands on the baseline. Coach feeds balls to the deuce side. Player executes forehand angle slice cross-court, forehand deep slice cross-court and forehand drop shot down the line.

Players play the point out from their hand in a full court as normal. If they win the point with a clear winner or by forcing an error from their opponent they get plus 1 point. However, if they make an unforced error of any kind, they get minus 1 point. Players can play until 1 player reaches plus or minus 7 points.

Players rally together. Players have to pop the ball up before they hit across the net.

Player and coach rally together. Coach stands in ad corner and hits 2 balls to player's backhand and 1 ball to player's forehand. Player executes pattern of hitting 2 backhand slices cross-court and 1 forehand topspin down the line.

Description same as t30031 however if server can make 1st volley a winner they score 2 extra points.

Mark out continuations of the outside tram lines behind the court. Play out normal points but player can claim bonus points if the win the point after 'pushing' their opponent beyond the tram-lines.

Both player and coach stand on their ad side. Player rallies with coach using pattern based on backhand topspin cross-court, backhand slice cross-court and forehand down the line.

-Both players have cones approx 2 meters in front of base line (depending on players skill level. -Players gain a point each time they hit between the cone and the base line. -First player to 11 points wins the game. To make the drill easier it can be played on one half of the court and later progressed to full court. The game can also be started with with a second serve.

Players rally together, but instead of both players using the racquet, one player uses their legs and feet to control and kick the ball over the net, while the other player does use their racquet before swapping. This exercise is a great tool to have fun while working on co-ordination skills and also helps players improve their ball perception abilities.

Coach stands in the advantage corner. Coach and player rally together before the coach moves the player around the court. The player's goal is to make all balls to the advantage corner.